Raymond Aimos (4 February 1889 – 20 August 1944) was a French film actor. He was shot and killed as a FFI (Résistance) combatant during the liberation of Paris.
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Early life
Born Raymond Arthur Caudrilliers in La Fère, Aisne, he was the son of a jeweller and watchmaker. By the age of 12 he had become an actor, his first role reputedly in a film made by Georges Méliès; he certainly acted in Jean Durand's silent film Pendaison à Jefferson City.
He was mobilised in 1914 and took part in the longest battle of the first World War, the Battle of Verdun between 1916 and 1918. He was four years in the trenches, an experience that he used in Raymond Bernard's anti-war film Les croix de bois (Wooden Crosses).
Film career
When Aimos became a popular actor, he remained modest, never displaying wealth. Marked by the war, he never forget old comrades; for him, true wealth would be found in relationships.
Tall and skinny, he played cheeky Parisians in films such as Léon Mathot's Chéri-Bibi with Pierre Fresnay, Marcel Carné's Le Quai des brumes, La Route enchantée, Cupidon, Monsieur La Souris, Le mort ne reçoit and La Belle Équipe directed by Julien Duvivier with Jean Gabin and Charles Vanel.